The drug wars in America, 1940-1973 /

Frydl, Kathleen.

The drug wars in America, 1940-1973 / Kathleen J. Frydl. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013. - x, 447 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Trade in war -- Presumptions and pretense : international trade in narcotics -- A society which requires some sort of sedation : domestic drug consumption, circulation, and perception -- Review and reform : the Kennedy Commission -- Police and clinics : enforcement and treatment in the city, 1960-1973 -- The cost of denial : Vietnam and the global diversity of the drug trade.

9781107697003 (pbk.)

2012025580


Drug abuse--Government policy--United States.
Drug abuse--United States.
Drug control--United States.
Abuso de drogas--Estados Unidos.
Narcóticos--Control--Estados Unidos.
Control de drogas y narcóticos--Estados Unidos.

HV 5825 / F947d 2013

363.450973/0904